Amulets

Museum number:
6-10469
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060010469
Alternate number:
N505-3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Amulets: (A) ivory (vultures, etc.), (B) faience (ibis, hawk, etc.), (C) 3 jackal heads, 1 seal, 1 udet. (A) 8 bone and limestone amulets, (B) 10 faience amulets, (C) 5 carnelian, faience and shell amulets.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 505, Cemetery 500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 500; G505 Cemetery 500
Culture or time period:
5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC) and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Carnelian, Faience (composite material), Ivory (material), Limestone, and Shell (animal material)
Person depicted:
Horus (Egyptian deity) and Thoth (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10469, described as Amulets: (A) ivory (vultures, etc.), (B) faience (ibis, hawk, etc.), (C) 3 jackal heads, 1 seal, 1 udet. (A) 8 bone and limestone amulets, (B) 10 faience amulets, (C) 5 carnelian, faience and shell amulets.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10469, described as Amulets: (A) ivory (vultures, etc.), (B) faience (ibis, hawk, etc.), (C) 3 jackal heads, 1 seal, 1 udet. (A) 8 bone and limestone amulets, (B) 10 faience amulets, (C) 5 carnelian, faience and shell amulets.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10469, described as Amulets: (A) ivory (vultures, etc.), (B) faience (ibis, hawk, etc.), (C) 3 jackal heads, 1 seal, 1 udet. (A) 8 bone and limestone amulets, (B) 10 faience amulets, (C) 5 carnelian, faience and shell amulets.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulets, accession number 6-10469, described as Amulets: (A) ivory (vultures, etc.), (B) faience (ibis, hawk, etc.), (C) 3 jackal heads, 1 seal, 1 udet. (A) 8 bone and limestone amulets, (B) 10 faience amulets, (C) 5 carnelian, faience and shell amulets.

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